#E85C45#E85C45

#E85C45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.178 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85C45
RGB	rgb(232, 92, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 52.93, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 66.92, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1519 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.178 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1840, 25.2450, 8.4912)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85C45 #45D1E8

analogous

#E84580 #E85C45 #E8AD45

triadic

#E85C45 #45E85C #5C45E8

tetradic

#E85C45 #80E845 #45D1E8 #AD45E8

square

#E85C45 #80E845 #45D1E8 #AD45E8

split-complementary

#E85C45 #45E8AD #4580E8

monochromatic

#9F2714 #D5351A #E85C45 #EF8C7B #F5BBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E85C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E85C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85C45

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85C45	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 92, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.178 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78f79',
    500: '#e85c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85c45;
$custom-light: #f78f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.466,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65217,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85C45

secondary

#A4DBE4

accent

#D9F433

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85C45

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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